Abu Dhabi announces new projects to country’s climate initiative

Abu Dhabi's Department of Energy announced nine new projects that will contribute to the United Arab Emirates' Net Zero by 2050 Strategic initiative, the Emirate's media office said in a statement on Friday.

The planned projects, along with existing ones, are expected to reduce CO2 emissions from power generation and water production in Abu Dhabi by at least 50% over 10 years, the office added.

Abu Dhabi is expected to cut power generation emissions from 40 million tonnes of CO2 emissions in 2020 to approximately 20 million tonnes in 2025, the statement added, citing Awaidha Al Marar, Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Department of Energy.

The emirate aims to reach a total clean power generation capacity of 8.8GW in 2025.